Word: avidity
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...Omaha, baseball appeals to nearly everyone. And the crowds at the series games are a striking cross section of the people who live in the city. High schoolers are as avid fans as the little leaguers. Older people, even the woman (many of whom come along to take in the afternoon contests), are dedicated enthusiasts...
...three years, they formed and broke off and then reformed intellectual dependencies, became boy-and-girl-friends and then became lovers, moved in with each other, and then drew apart in anger or disappointment or boredom--only to find another person to love or trust in spite of the avid comments of spectators. Dunster wasn't the only House to evolve a hopeful, tangled and sometimes tormented community under the new dispensation of co-residence. The yearbook tells us that if you live near the Dunster library, you will be bothered by the frequent concerts held there, and that...
...avid fan remarked that the crowds at contests he attended when he was a high school student in Chicago were more enthusiastic than Harvard backers. In fact, the only time the crowd seemed to get excited this weekend was when a brawl broke out Friday night...
...rough up farm lads - unforgivable! But worse is yet to come. A toothy American matron out lines a "Cultural Get Together": good Cornish men will be decked out in folk costume, and the Cornish hills will be turned into a "miniature Switzerland"- all for the pleasure of culture-avid, free-spending Midwestern tourists...
...worst promoter. "When I hear myself, I don't like it," she says. "I can't get out what I hear in my head. What comes out is mellow and soft; yet what I try to achieve is an 'edge' to my voice." To her avid public in Britain, Europe and Australia (which includes Britain's Princess Margaret), a more apt description can be found on the working title of Cleo's newest album, which she was recording last week: I Am a Song...